The unidentified plaintiff sued the parent companies of the former Civic Center Motel in Richmond, the Astro Motel in Santa Rosa, the Welcome Inn and the Motel 6 Embarcadero in Oakland and the ...

Residents approved the Civic Center plans and funding in 1945, at the conclusion of a world war that Richmond helped win. With the waterfront recast as a giant shipbuilding facility, the city grew ...